The introduction of borrowable Bird Bikes in September 2023 provided more campus mobility options for the UVM community. But it also generated dialogue around preserving access to multi-use pathways, and combining access for users with different mobility needs.
Accessibility is an equity issue.
Accessibility at UVM
At the University of Vermont, everyone is welcome, and everyone is included. UVM embraces the ways accessibility interacts with the identities, experiences, and needs of our entire campus community: students, staff, faculty, and visitors. Accessibility is for both people with disabilities, and without.
At UVM, accessibility is for everyone.
Accessibility for UVM Courses
- NEW: Tips for Creating Accessible Documents (Writing in the Disciplines)
- Advice to Faculty About Supporting UVM Students with Disabilities
- A Guide to Accessible Course Materials
- ASL Interpreters for UVM Students
- Captioning Information for UVM Faculty
- Ebook Access for UVM Students
- Emotional Support Animals and UVM Students
- Note-Taking Program for UVM Students
- Pregnancy Accommodation & Support for UVM Students
- Universal Design for Learning
- UVM Center for Teaching & Learning's Design for Learning Program
- Brightspace and Accessibility
Accessible Spaces at UVM
Accessibility Services at UVM
- Accessible Document Conversion Request
- Accommodation Requests for Students
- Accommodation Requests for Staff & Faculty
- FM Listening Devices
- Order Captions & Transcripts
- Request an ASL Interpreter
- Request Audio Description Services
- Request an Emotional Support Animal on Campus
- Request Live Captioning (CART) for an Event
- UVM Policy on Service and Emotional Support Animals (.pdf)
- Vendor Form for Accessible Purchasing at UVM
Learn Accessibility Skills at UVM
- How to Create Accessible Multimedia
- How to Create Accessible Documents
- Getting Started with Plain Language
- A Guide to Accessible Events
- A Guide to Color Contrast and the UVM Color Palette (.pdf)
- Basic Accessible Design Tips
- How to Make Zoom Recordings Accessible
- Setting up Accessible Zoom Meetings
- Accessible Web Design (Blackboard Course)
UVM Departments & Groups Focused on Disability
- Think College Vermont : a peer-supported way for students with intellectual and cognitive disabilities to attend UVM.
- UVM Autism Collaborative : a group of autistic and non-autistic parents, students, researchers, and community members examining autistic access to research
- UVM Center on Disability & Community Inclusion (CDCI) : Vermont's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disability
- UVM Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) : teaching UVM faculty how to provide accessible learning opportunities
- UVM Disabled Students Union (DSU) : a disability-led UVM student group
- UVM Student Accessibility Services : support for UVM students with disabilities
- Vermont Assistive Technology Program (VATP) at CDCI : providing Vermonters with low-cost and no-cost access to assistive technology
| MARCH 27: Improve Brightspace Course Accessibility with Ally | UVM Center for Teaching & Learning |
| APRIL 16: Introduction to Plain Language Writing for Academics & Researchers | Autistic Self-Advocacy Network |
| APRIL 30: Introduction to Accessible Presentation Materials | UVM Center on Disability & Community Inclusion |
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